Turn-based strategizer Skulls of the Shogun may be most notable for its cartoon-creepy graphics and hilarious sitcom dialogue, but the best part of this game is its strategic accessibility.

That's where Skulls of the Shogun comes in, offering army building with a tight tactical focus and a welcomed sense of humor. Skulls of the Shogun starts with the death of General Akamoto ...

REDMOND, Wash. – Jan. 30, 2013 — With the new game “Skulls of the Shogun,” players can do something new: Switch back and forth between all of their Microsoft devices as they bounce from battle scene ...

A turn-based strategy game can fall apart if a developer doesn’t know what it’s doing. Games like Nintendo’s Advance Wars and Fire Emblem make the concept of taking turns attacking one ...

IGF contender, Skulls of the Shogun is unusual, no doubt - not only set apart by its comedy undead samurai theme, but by the fact that it brings vigorous new life to its genre.

Skulls’ campaign mode features a deep and amusing story. It begins with the assassination of General Akamoto, a man on his way to becoming Shogun (military ruler of Japan). After being stabbed ...

Skulls of the Shogun looks simpler than it is. The thick, cartoonish outlines and cheeky, anachronistic humor are easy to misjudge. It deploys a handful of playful, class-based characters instead ...

Skulls Anywhere. While Skulls of the Shogun works brilliantly on 360, it's simultaneously available for Windows 8, Surface, and Windows Phone, ...

Skulls is full of seamlessly designed moments like this. Some might be worried about a lack of depth in the game. There are no persistent units or deep character management in Skulls of the Shogun ...

When indie developer Jake Kazdal told me his studio's game, the still in development Skulls of the Shogun, was heavily inspired by his love of Nintendo's Advance Wars series, I was already on the ...

Find out more about our reviews policy. It’s been a long time coming, but Skulls of the Shogun, the debut effort from developer 17-BIT, has finally made its way to the Xbox 360 and other ...

In June, PS Plus membership includes Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-Fide Edition, Cloudberry Kingdom, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Super Exploding Zoo, and ...